John Bachman writes:

We have been marketing the Atlas ESR60 since it was introduced six
months ago or so. It is a really nice ESR meter that also reads the
value and has built-in protection against charged caps. However it
sometimes takes three hands to use. After customer feedback on that
and failure to convince Atlas to change the design I developed our own
solution which I call The Third Hand. It is a simple switch in a nice
package that fits comfortably in your palm.

See the Third Hand at www.anatekcorp.com/testequipment/thirdhand.htm
You can also see the Atlas with and without the Third Hand installed
at www.anatekcorp.com/testequipment/atlasesr60.htm

We were forced to drop the Dick Smith ESR meter and the Capacitor
Wizard folks are shut down again. ESR60 is the best now in my
opinion.

Maybe also a footswitch option.

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